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Duke David
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« on: October 25, 2011, 02:01:31 PM »

When I looked at the latest State Polls Aggregate map I was shocked:
The blue blob in the North East completely defies my explanation.

The blob is not even painted light blue, but mid blue, meaning the state is leaning Republican.
However, the worst thing is the fact that the Republican presidential candidate hasn't even been selected yet, and nevertheless the New Hampshirites prefer an unknown person to President Obama.

Let's not forget that they voted "wrong" once already: In 2000 Bush utterly surprisingly received the New Hampshire vote, making him ascend Gore's throne.
Will history repeat itself?

Some sociological maps indicate divergences from other new England states as well.

As y'all also think that New Hampshire is gonna turn red (or blue, respectively) in the next election, which is visible on the Compiled 2012 Prediction Map, I'm asking you:

What is it that makes the New Hampshirites so much more conservative than their brethren - particularly in comparison to the Vermonters?
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Duke David
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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2011, 02:46:00 PM »

It's really simple: Taxes.

New Hampshire is easily the most anti-tax state in New England (most of their state/local government revenue is from property taxes, which does not carry so much deadweight loss with it, but all of the New England states have high property taxes).


So that means Lynch (D) simply has to raise the taxes in his state to bring New Hampshire back in the blue (red) column? Shocked

Btw: Has anyone noticed that if you change the vowels in "Texas" you get taxes?
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Duke David
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« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2011, 07:48:06 PM »

NH can be roughly broken up into four voting groups.
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Thank you for your sociological analysis.

However, one question remains.

Where do those "native libertarians" come from?
Have they always been in there?
Do they affect neighboring states, too?
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